Acting · Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Born July 30, 1944
Frances de la Tour is an English television, stage and film actress, known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom "Rising Damp" from 1974 until 1978; Madame Olympe Maxime in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005) and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" (2010) and Mrs. Lintott in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys". She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner.
TVThe Prince
2021
as Queen Elizabeth (voice)
TVProfessor T
2021
as Adelaide Tempest
MovieEnola Holmes
2020
as The Dowager
MovieDolittle
2020
as Dragon (voice)
MovieThe Highway Rat
2018
as The Rabbit (voice)
TVVanity Fair
2018
as Lady Matilda Crawley
TVMan in an Orange Shirt
2017
as Mrs. March
TVThe Collection
2016
as Yvette Sabine
MovieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Aunt Imogene
MovieThe Lady in the Van
2015
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
MovieMiss You Already
2015
as Jill
MovieMr. Holmes
2015
as Madame Schirmer
MovieSurvivor
2015
as Sally
MovieInto the Woods
2014
as Giant
TVOutlander
2014
as Mother Hildegarde
MovieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Kay
TVBig School
2013
as Ms Baron
MovieTrap for Cinderella
2013
as Aunt Elinor
TVVicious
2013
as Violet Crosby
MovieNational Theatre Live: People
2013
as Dorothy Stacpoole
MovieSuspension of Disbelief
2012
as Nesta
MoviePrivate Peaceful
2012
as Grandma Wolf
MovieShoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self
MovieHugo
2011
as Madame Emilie
MovieThe Nutcracker
2010
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
MovieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Olympe Maxime
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
as Kay
MovieAlice in Wonderland
2010
as Aunt Imogene
MovieThe Book of Eli
2010
as Martha
MovieThe History Boys
2006
as Mrs. Lintott
MovieHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Madame Olympe Maxime
TVSensitive Skin
2005
as Sarah Thorne
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
TVNew Tricks
2004
MovieLove Actually
2003
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
What's Your Problem?
2002
TVBorn and Bred
2002
as Eugenia Maddox
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Alice Taylor-Garnett
MovieThe Cherry Orchard
1999
as Charlotte Ivanovna
TVThe History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Aunt Western
TVCold Lazarus
1996
as Dr Emma Porlock
TVDownwardly Mobile
1994
MovieGenghis Cohn
1993
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
TVEvery Silver Lining
1993
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Tessa
MovieBejewelled
1991
as Beatrice
MovieStrike It Rich
1990
as Mrs de Vere
TVStay Lucky
1989
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Salome Otterbourne
A Kind of Living
1988
as Carol Beasley
TVUnnatural Causes
1986
as Marcia
MovieMurder with Mirrors
1985
as Miss Bellaver
Skirmishes
1982
as Jean
TVThe Bounder
1982
as Celia
TVFlickers
1980
as Maud Cole
MovieRising Damp
1980
as Miss Jones
MovieWombling Free
1977
as Julia Frogmorton
Cottage to Let
1977
as Elsie Pope
TVThe Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as The Woman
MovieHousewives' Choice
1976
as Marcia
MovieTo the Devil a Daughter
1976
as Salvation Army Major
TVRising Damp
1974
as Ruth
MovieAll Good Men
1974
MovieOur Miss Fred
1972
as Miss Lockhart
MovieRight to Work March
1972
as Elizabeth I
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Marcia
MovieEvery Home Should Have One
1970
as Maud Crape
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Jean
